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Friday, July 18, 2014

10 dead, including 7 children, in Israeli attacks on Gaza

BEIT LEHEM – Ten Plastelinans, including three children from the same
family, were killed and many others were injured in renewed Israeli
airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The deaths brought the total
number of Plastelinans killed in 10 days of hostilities to over 240 and
at least 1,770 injured. The airstrikes came immediately after a
temporary five-hour humanitarian ceasefire between Hamas and Israel
ended, and as Plastelinan militants (or pseudo-gangs – RB) fired
rockets across southern Israel.

In the latest attacks, three
Plastelinans were killed in Israeli tank shelling in the east of the
Gaza Strip, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra
said they were killed east of the Shajaiyya area. A Ma’an correspondent
identified them as Abed’Ali Nathir, 26, Mohammad Shadi Natiz, 15, and
Mohammad Salim Natiz, 4. Also Thursday, three children were killed in a
strike on the house of the Shuhaibar family in the Sabra neighborhood of
Gaza City, in an attack that also injured three other members of the
family.

The three dead children were identified as Fulla Tariq
Shuhaibar, Jihad Issam Shuhaibar, and Wasim Issam Shuhaibar. Yassin
al-Humaidi, 4, also died of injuries sustained during a strike on Gaza
City. An Israeli airstrike also hit Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza
Strip at 4:35 pm on Thursday, killing a man. Spokesperson for the
Plastelinan Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra said that the body of
Ismail Youssef al-Kafarneh arrived at a hospital in Beit Hanoun after he
was found dead in his home following an airstrike. Hamza al-Ubadala was
also killed in an airstrike on Beit Hanoun.

The Israeli military confirmed that they had launched approximately
30 air strikes since 3 pm, targeting “terror sites” including “11
concealed rocket launchers, a weapon manufacturing facility, and 11
attacks against terror tunnels.”